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Institutional Planning

Planning at SVCC is a continuing process which is directed by four main influences. First, the president publishes the college's goals for the upcoming year. Second, academic programs and administrative units publish goals within their area of responsibility in support of the president's goals. Third, data on the college's students, programs, and initiatives are collected by a variety of studies and reports. Suggestions are also gathered from various stakeholders for the planning committee to consider. Fourth, the planning committee summarizes the information collected and the progress on meeting the current college goals. The committee then recommends items for the annual planning retreat to address. The planning retreat takes the recommendations of the planning retreat and publishes a planned response to ensure the attainment of the president's goals and to address the issues raised by the input process. This report is submitted to the president and to president's staff for consideration during the budgeting process for the next year. Items which are approved are filtered to the appropriate person or department for implementation into that person or department's goals for the next academic year. Once this has been completed, the president then defines the goals for the coming year and the process begins again. This process is displayed below.

The college's current goals are available for download here: SVCC Goals 2009-2010

Southside Virginia Community College welcomes input from all of its employees, students, and the public at large. The college continually gathers input for its planning process.

To suggest a topic for an upcoming planning retreat, simply click HERE!